“Single, seventies, and stuck”: a discourse analysis of the “leftover women” or Sheng Nu in China in the blogosphere

The government of China introduced the lexicon of “leftover women,” or sheng nu, to publicly signify the “eligible but unmarried women between age 27 to 35” in 2010. Although it was a derogatory lexicon against women, but some researchers have argued that sheng nu is a sign of women’s emancipation b...

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Main Author: Murti, Desideria Cempaka Wijaya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Penerbit Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia 2019
Online Access:http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13167/1/19637-98918-1-PB.pdf
http://journalarticle.ukm.my/13167/
http://ejournal.ukm.my/mjc/issue/view/1165
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Institution: Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
Language: English